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Recent Examples of maladjusted
So what lies ahead for the most maladjusted characters in the entire TGIT lineup?
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2019
The maladjusted lothario also has many a dalliance with a particular strain of misogyny: the cutting and manipulative digs at past lovers that some of the rapper’s fans rush to freebase.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 6 July 2018
What kind of maladjusted narcissist thinks being credited with a $3.1 billion fortune is unfair?
—Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, 18 Oct. 2017
Brie Larson plays the adult Jeannette and does a compelling job in conveying a woman torn between her disturbing, maladjusted childhood and her independent life as a successful magazine writer in New York City.
—Cincinnati.com, 6 Sep. 2017
She has been dinged up a few times: a red chest from a maladjusted pack and a thorn in her foot pad.
—Ned Rozell, Alaska Dispatch News, 22 July 2017
Alongside the traditional sheet music and socially maladjusted students are electronic keyboards, mixing software, and MIDI files.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2004
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2019
The maladjusted lothario also has many a dalliance with a particular strain of misogyny: the cutting and manipulative digs at past lovers that some of the rapper’s fans rush to freebase.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 6 July 2018
What kind of maladjusted narcissist thinks being credited with a $3.1 billion fortune is unfair?
—Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, 18 Oct. 2017
Brie Larson plays the adult Jeannette and does a compelling job in conveying a woman torn between her disturbing, maladjusted childhood and her independent life as a successful magazine writer in New York City.
—Cincinnati.com, 6 Sep. 2017
She has been dinged up a few times: a red chest from a maladjusted pack and a thorn in her foot pad.
—Ned Rozell, Alaska Dispatch News, 22 July 2017
Alongside the traditional sheet music and socially maladjusted students are electronic keyboards, mixing software, and MIDI files.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2004
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maladjusted
Adjective
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Vietnam is also dealing with a unbalanced gender ratio, partly because of a long-standing preferences for sons.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 June 2025
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Most important, the legislation is massively expensive and will add further to the debt/deficit at a time when both are already extremely unbalanced.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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Staff closes off the children’s zoo to the public for the nesting season to ensure the nesting pairs and their chicks aren’t disturbed — and so the birds don’t poop on visitors.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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If the disturbed weather remains offshore, it's expected to become a low pressure system and could gradually develop some subtropical or tropical characteristics, the hurricane center said.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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Local fans were also upset at how ticketing was organised, with empty seats in temporary stands at their Montilivi ground for most games.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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When the Eaton and Palisades fires sparked in January — respectively the second- and third-most destructive in California history — familiarity, friend groups and routines were upset for Emory and many of her peers.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Published in 2019, the book follows a woman named Lillian who becomes the caretaker of her old friend Madison's twin stepchildren — who spontaneously ignite in flames when agitated.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
2 June 2025
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Ernst faced a number of agitated constituents at a town hall on Friday who expressed concerns that Republican cuts to Medicaid in the bill that would fund Trump's legislative agenda.—
Benjamin Siegel,
ABC News,
2 June 2025
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But neither Byrne nor Courtney entirely gets their arms around this conventionally unhinged horror villain.—
Tim Grierson,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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As clips of White’s intonations spread across the internet, people mocked the Florida pastor — arguing that Trump’s Christian base was appearing more extreme, more unhinged by the day.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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“Maladjusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maladjusted. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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